| 1. Winter buds. |
| 2. Flowering branch. |
| 3. Flower with part of perianth and stamens removed. |
| 4. A petal. |
| 5. Fruiting branch. |
| 6. Mature leaf. |
Prunus Avium, L.
Mazard Cherry.
Introduced from England; occasionally spontaneous along fences and the borders of woodlands. As an escape, 25-50 feet high, with a trunk diameter of 1-2 feet; head oblong or ovate; branches mostly ascending. Leaves ovate to obovate, more or less pubescent beneath, serrate, 3-5 inches long; leafstalk about ½ inch long, often glandular near base of leaf; inflorescence in umbels; flowers white, expanding with the leaves; fruit dark red, sweet, mostly inferior or blighted.
LEGUMINOSÆ. PULSE FAMILY.
Gleditsia triacanthos, L.
Honey Locust. Three-thorned Acacia.
Habitat and Range.—In its native habitat growing in a variety of soils; rich woods, mountain sides, sterile plains.
Southern Ontario.